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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms holds a news conference May 7, 2021, on her decision not to seek a second term. “In the same way that it was very clear to me almost five years ago that I should run for mayor of Atlanta, it is abundantly clear to me today that it is time to pass the baton on to someone else,” Bottoms said at an emotional news conference at City Hall. JOHN SPINK / AJC
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Key moments: Keisha Lance Bottoms' Atlanta mayoral term
President Joe Biden greets Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., during a rally at Infinite Energy Center, to mark his 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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PHOTOS: President Biden visits Georgia
President Joe Biden has proposed a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that includes spending on everything from clean water to broadband internet to child-care facilities. It includes $621 billion for a variety of transportation initiatives. The plan is short on details about specific projects that would be included.(Amr Alfiky/The New York Times)
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Biden infrastructure plan
03/31/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — House Representatives throw paper in the air in the House Chambers following Sine Die, legislative day 40, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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PHOTOS: Final day of Georgia 2021 legislative session
03/25/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Rep. Park Cannon (D-Atlanta) is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers on day 38 of the legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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PHOTOS: Sweeping Georgia voting law signed amid protests
President Joe Biden speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris listens during a COVID-19 briefing at the headquarters for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Friday, March 19, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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PHOTOS: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris visit Atlanta
03/08/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Demonstrators chain themselves together as they stage a sit-in protest on the South wing steps of the Georgia State Capitol building during crossover day in the legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Monday, March 8, 2021. These demonstrators were opposing election legislation that was moving through the Senate Chambers on crossover day. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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PHOTOS: Protests at Capitol as lawmakers debate voting bills
Here's a look at some of Georgia's highest paid state employees for the 2020 budget year at the university system, state agencies and local school districts. Mark Becker, president of Georgia State University, $2,806,507
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PHOTOS: Georgia's highest paid public workers
Abby Larimer claps during an Inauguration watch party in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. Manuel’s Tavern held an Inauguration watch party on Wednesday to celebrate the election of President Joe Biden. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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PHOTOS: Atlanta reacts to Joe Biden inauguration
Robert Boens of Atlanta unfurls the American flag at the barricades surrounding the state Capitol on Sunday, January 17, 2021, in Atlanta. Armed militias planned to protest the election of President-elect Joe Biden ahead of Wednesday's inauguration, but the scene was quiet for the day. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
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PHOTOS: Georgia braces for possible violent protest at Capitol
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